A Florida man died after a golf cart crash sent him flying into a pond at an RV park,NSI Community officials say.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the incident occurred Saturday morning near Clover Leaf Forest RV Resort in Brooksville, Florida, approximately 50 miles north of Tampa.
According a local FHP office, a 74-year-old Brooksville man was driving a cart on a golf cart trail near Meetinghouse Lane near the resort when he suffered a medical emergency. The golf cart went off the trail and struck a tree, causing him to be "ejected" from the cart and into a nearby pond, the statement said.
FHP said he died at the scene of the incident.
The Medical Examiner's Office, Districts 5 & 24, identified the man as Michael Severs and said he died by asphyxia or suffocation. His death has been ruled as accidental.
A representative on the phone at Clover Leaf Forest RV Resort directed all questions to the corporate office. Thousand Trails and Encore RV Resorts did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's emailed request for comment.
Florida golf cart laws:New Florida golf cart law place new age restrictions, ID requirements. What to know
2025-05-01 03:161441 view
2025-05-01 03:13154 view
2025-05-01 03:032169 view
2025-05-01 03:022084 view
2025-05-01 02:38549 view
2025-05-01 02:302405 view
NEW YORK — Holiday sights and sounds fill Manhattan this time of year, from ice skating at Rockefell
For more than a decade, Michael Vandenbergh has studied the growing role private businesses are play
Health advocates fear that a massive federal review of the risks posed by soot and other air polluti